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2.65 In terms of accountability it is thought that the Project Architects are
not always able to pay sufficient attention to overseeing actual construction work on the site, for which they arc accountable to a Senior Architect and the ARCHITECT (Chief Architect level). This sometimes results in an inadequate degree of supervision of the technician lovel staff actually supervising work at the site, who are in daily liaison with contractor's representatives.
2.66 The levels and numbers of technical staff allocated to a particular site will depend upon the value and complexity of the contract. A large contract may have a Clerk of Works I permanently on site assisted by Works Supervisors. A small contract may have a Works Supervisor I on site permanently, who is visited by a Clerk of Works who is responsible for technical stuff on several sites. In the technical stream above the Clerks of Works is a Chief Technician who is administratively responsible for all technical staff in a ZONE c.g. the New Territories. In terms of management of a project the line of communication is Works Supervisor to Clerk of Works to Project Architect to Senior Architect to Chief Architect (the ARCHITECT). The line is clear and authority to grant variatione etc. in the contract is clearly determined.
2.67 It is on the site, however, whore day-to-day physical supervision and
control may be exercised between 4.0. staff and contractor's staff and accountability in these circumstances is difficult to practise in the existing systems of contract management.
2.68 Civil Engineering Office - Consulting Engineers
To expand the professional capability of the Public Works Department in civil engineering works, it has been the practice in recent years to employ Consulting Engineers to supplement the professional and technically qualified staff on the strength of the P.W.D. Approximately 30% of all Government civil engineering projects are undertaken on behalf of Government by Consulting Engineers. Those, generally speaking, are the bigger civil engineering projects requiring continuity of personnel and management vor several years.
2.69 For this study we examined the work and responsibilities of a "Resident Site Engineer" employed by a firm of consultants to manage a civil engineering project on Government's behalf. We also examined the work and responsibilities of a "Project Engineer", who is a P.W.D. professional officer. Finally, we examined the relationship of these two officers to the Contract Adviser of the Civil Engineering Office (C.E.0.).
2.70 When comparing the roles of the Resident Site Engineer (Consultant
management) and the Project Engineer (P.W.D.) we found a major difference to be the degree of personal attention which the respective officers can give to the administration of a contract. A Resident Site Engineer is, as his title implies, stationed at a site office and his specific responsibility is to exercise comprehensive day-to-day control of the xecution of the project and of the component contracts. He is able to practisc close and active supervision of the technical staff employed at the site and to consider, on the spot, problems arising from design specifications. He is responsible for ensuring, on behalf of the consultants, that the appointed contractor performs according to the contract with Government, the Bills of Quantities, design and working drawings, and contractual conditions.
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